Half His Age
The scenes of intimacy are a particular masterclass, McCurdy linking Waldo’s masochism with the illusion of control in the very uneven power dynamic ... A bleak, often hilarious and uncomfortable triumph that underscores McCurdy’s talent for focusing in on the multilayered nature of trauma and artfully unpicking it, one scab at a time.
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While the novel is certainly audacious and thought-provoking (particularly given McCurdy’s first-hand experience of such a relationship), Waldo never really came alive to me on the page ... The novel is undoubtedly a page-turner: the writing is razor-sharp, sparse and unpretentious.
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Lets readers peer inside the mind of a young woman dealing with the complexities of power, autonomy, and coming-of-age.
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